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Swagelok HPO Master Class

Swagelok HPO Master Class well received

Thursday, 7 November 2013

André de Waal just came back from an intensive and inspiring HPO Master Class. Swagelok is a global (active in over 70 countries) developer and provider of high-quality and reliable fluid system solutions. Watch two testimonials from Swagelok on soon on our YouTube channel!

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New video about continuous improvement and renewal: The Crow and the Blue Tit

Friday, 1 November 2013

The HPO Factor Continuous Improvement and Renewal is a struggle for many organizations. Every day we see this during HPO Diagnosis all around the globe. Perhaps that’s why this new video about Continuous Improvement and Renewal with the crow and the blue tit is so popular on YouTube… Watch the video: Continuous improvement and innovation: the Crow […]

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New HPO Video: the 5 HPO factors animated

Wednesday, 16 October 2013

With the support of one of our clients a new HPO video about the 5 success factors of High Performance Organizations: Quality of Management Openness & Action Orientation Long-Term Orientation Continuous Improvement & Renewal Quality of Employees Feel free to share this short HPO video with your colleagues on your intranet or on LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, etc. […]

André de Waal about the 5 success factors of High Performance Organizations

Monday, 19 August 2013

In this video he talks about his latest book ‘What Makes A High Performance Organization: Five Validated Factors of Competitive Advantage that Apply World-wide’, the HPO research, the five HPO success factors (Management Quality, Continuous Improvement and Renewal, Long Term Orientation, Openness and Action Orientation and Employee Quality). He also talks about the non-distinguishing factors […]

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Best-Paper award for: Is the High Performance Organization Framework Suitable for Thai Organizations?

Monday, 19 August 2013

We are proud to announce that the paper “Is the High Performance Organization Framework Suitable for Thai Organizations?” by dr. Andre de Waal, Universiteit Amsterdam & dr. Chirapraphra Tan Akaraborworn, National Institute of Development Administration was nominated as receiver of ’Best Paper Award’ at the 2013 International Conference on Business and Information (BAI2013) at Bali, […]

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Best-Paper award for: Is the High Performance Organization Framework Suitable for Thai Organizations?

Friday, 5 July 2013

We are proud to announce that the paper “Is the High Performance Organization Framework Suitable for Thai Organizations?” by dr. Andre de Waal, Universiteit Amsterdam & dr. Chirapraphra Tan Akaraborworn, National Institute of Development Administration was nominated as receiver of ’Best Paper Award’ at the 2013 International Conference on Business and Information (BAI2013) at Bali, […]

20.000+ views for HPO-soccer video

Sunday, 23 June 2013

Our first HPO video reached over 20.000 viewers this week on our YouTube video channel. We will celebrate this milestone with all the little soccer players! [youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=miiCMak1Qhk&list=TLhiLo-8wSva0[/youtube]

The top 3 failures of leaders

Wednesday, 15 May 2013

Esther Mollema, General Director of the HPO Center talks about the top 3 failures of leaders. These failures are rare within High Performance Organizations (HPO’s). Esther talks about ‘Listening instead of Telling’, ‘Being a role model’  and ‘Long-term commitment’. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJnirFGr5Ag[/youtube]

What Makes a Good Ship Agent? Balanced management is key to success

Monday, 22 April 2013

Together with Afromarine we help ship agencies and other clients improve their performance, primarily through the analysis of the existing organisation, its organizational problems and opportunities, and subsequently the development of strategies for improvement. Read the ‘What Makes a Good Ship Agent?’ BreakBulk Magazine in PDF.

Radio Entrepreneurs (USA) interview with André de Waal

Wednesday, 27 March 2013

Listen to this Radio Entrepreneurs interview USA (MP3 file from March 2013) USA (March 2013) with André de Waal during his East Coast tour in the US. After clicking on this link a new window with the radio fragment will open within one minute.